Manuscript Editing for Journal of Biblical Literature Articles
The Journal of Biblical Literature is the flagship journal of the Society of Biblical Literature. It publishes articles and critical notes by society members that bring critical scholarship to the biblical canon and its contexts. The society publishes it quarterly, and its general editor is at Emory University.
Articles and critical notes run no more than 10,000 words, footnotes included; longer manuscripts are returned for revision. Citations follow The SBL Handbook of Style, 2nd edition, supplemented by the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, in footnotes with full publication details at first citation and no bibliography. Author-date manuscripts are returned. Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Coptic appear in Unicode script, and Hebrew is left unpointed unless the argument needs it. Non-English quotations carry an English translation. The abstract runs no more than 200 words. Review is anonymous, and authors may have one manuscript under submission at a time. Off the Grid Editing sets the footnotes in SBL style and checks each Hebrew and Greek quotation. Submissions go through Scholastica as a searchable PDF.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Journal of Biblical Literature. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for the Journal of Biblical Literature
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to Journal of Biblical Literature.
The journal's guidelines for authors cover length, footnotes, and ancient languages. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
Our journal article and essay editing page explains how we edit biblical scholarship, and academic proofreading is the final pass. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for the Journal for the Study of the New Testament and The Catholic Biblical Quarterly.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Journal of Biblical Literature submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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